Biyi Bandele(1967-2022)

Director
Writer
Producer

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Biyi Bandele

Biyi Bandele was born on 13 October 1967 in Kafanchan, Nigeria. He was a director and writer, known for Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), Cinquante (2015) and L'écuyer du roi (2022). He died on 7 August 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Awards
- 4 nominations total

Known for

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton in Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

Half of a Yellow Sun

6.1

Director

2013

Cinquante (2015)

6.0

Director

2015

Odunlade Adekola in L'écuyer du roi (2022)

L'écuyer du roi

4.4

Director

2022

Lerato Walaza in Shuga (2009)

7.2

TV Series

Director

Credits

Director

L'écuyer du roi
4.4
- Director
- 2022
Blood Sisters
5.8
TV Mini Series
- Director
- 2022
Fela Kuti - Father of Afrobeat
7.0
TV Special
- Director
- 2020
Cinquante
6.0
- Director
- 2015
Shuga
7.2
TV Series
- Director
- 2013
Half of a Yellow Sun
6.1
- Director
- 2013

Writer

Producer

Personal details

Official sites
- BBC_interview
- British Council
Alternative name
- Biyi Bandele-Thomas
Born
- October 13, 1967
- Kafanchan, Nigeria
Died
- August 7, 2022
- Lagos, Nigeria(undisclosed)

Did you know

Trivia
Studied drama at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria.

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